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Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 32 - Navy Head Coach Ricky Sowell Feb 18, 2019

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Ricky Sowell Navy Head Coach 00:30 Intro -Coach Sowell's resume -Days spent between Jamie and Coach Sowell -RV stop in Annapolis 03:07 Coach Sowell's Journey -Grew up in upstate New York -3 Sport Athlete (Football, Basketball, Baseball) growing up -How he started playing lacrosse -Playing with a "shlong" (short - long stick) -Moving around positions -Being in shape and focusing on fundamentals -Football influence -Journey in college -Playing at Washington College -Got into coaching by helping at Washington -Journey coaching -Coach Dave Urick and his impact -Players coach 25:05 Coaching at Dartmouth, St. Johns, Stoney Brook -Dartmouth was a graveyard for coaches at the time -New facilities had an impact -Experienced all big 5 moments in a mans life in one year -Recruits at that time -The persistence at St. Johns -Different AD's at St. Johns -Network at Stoney Brook -Opportunity to coach at USNA 36:16 Coaching at the Naval Academy -Being apart of something special -How impressive it is to go to an institution like that and compete at a high level -1 of 3 people who has taken 3 teams to the NCAA tournament -1 of very few to win tournament games with multiple programs -Winning the NCAA tournament in 2016 vs Yale -Taking advantage of time you do get -Players from the 2016 team 47:47 141 Set and How it Plays into Coach Sowell's Offensive Philosophy -Fundamentals -Concepts more than set ways -Shot selection is key -Ability to dodge from all spots on the field -Attacking the middle of the field -Using 141 to get into other sets -Emphasis on 2 man game -"Slide" dodging 57:28 Ways Coach Sowell Sharpens his Saw -Talking with coaches -Knowing the greats helps and picking their brains -Learning from box lacrosse -Learning from everyone -Getting stuff done and having fun -Learning from your players and their reactions 1:06:46 Recruiting and Becoming What Coaches are Looking for -Multi sport athletes -Work ethic -Being an athlete -Showcases are not the end all be all -New rules help -Learning from outside resources -Leveraging pick up games

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast In Season Edition with Andy Towers - Week 1 Feb 13, 2019

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In Season with Andy Towers Week 1 "Speed Pig" Preseason Top 20 Teams Breakdown 01:27 #20 Syracuse and game vs Colgate 05:15 #19 University of Michigan and gams vs Cleveland State 08:36 Teams receiving votes and Hofstra 09:58 #18 Colgate and scrimmage vs Deleware and game vs Syracuse 13:40 #17 Johns Hopkins and game vs Towson 16:55 #16 Georgetown and win vs Sacred Heart 19:08 #15 Albany and face off questions 22:45 #14 North Carolina bouncing back from last year 26:12 #13 High Point and coach Torpey and the difference makers 32:25 #12 Ohio State and game vs BU and coming game 37:52 #11 Virginia and their personnel 41:47 #10 Duke and their potential 45:25 #9 Notre Dame and their consistency and personnel 50:37 #8 Rutgers and their sustainability 55:02 #7 Towson and their mentality 56:59 #6 Denver and their consistency 1:00:03 #5 Cornell and Jeff Teat 1:06:06 #4 Penn State and their past and future and Jeff Tambroni 1:12:52 #3 Maryland and Coach John Tillman 1:16:23 #2 Loyola and coaching staff and personnel 1:23:00 #1 Yale and Andy Shay

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast In Season Edition with Andy Towers - Preseason Feb 08, 2019

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In Season with Andy Towers Preseason 00:30 Intro and Journey -Background on Coach Towers -Growing up -Howard Benedict -Coaching career journey -Time commitment of coaching -Beers on the bus 11:29 The Trip Move -On and off the ball -Stepping into their recovery -Using it in other sports -Offensive trip in the NLL now -Getting defender to open up hips 18:35 PLL -Comradery of the coaches -Aspects of the excitement -Paul Rabil -Leveraging social media -Traveling model 25:01 Thoughts Going into the Year -Year of the attackman -Top 5 teams -UVA potential -RV trip across 11 programs -Commonality among these different programs -Hospitality and commitment to building culture -Bill Belichick and his coaching tree -Gerry Byrne and his openness -Shot clock impact -Legal crosscheck holds -Reffing the dive -Size of the box

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Ep. 31 - PLL Player and Face-off Academy Coach Greg Gurenlian Feb 05, 2019

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Greg Gurenlian 00:30 Some of the Best Seasons for Greg (2015) -Dark age of face offs -Try to cut cheating out -Rules changed in favor -Able to keep ball in the back of the stick -Equalized in 2016 with new class of guys 05:58 Greg Gurenlian's Journey -Started playing because it was the cool thing to do -Frustrating as an athlete -Facing off for varsity team Jr. year -Physical presence -205 camp -Gained 40 pounds at Penn State -Face off and man up -Changing from an injury -Stand up to one knee down 15:14 Becoming a Strength Coach and How it Helps -Olympic level strength coach -Biomechanics are important -Consistency -Role of deception 22:02 Best Face off Guys -Who he learned from -What he learned from these guys -Different generations of players 24:26 Best Face Off Guys in D1 Lacrosse in 2019 -Break down of some of the best players -Big 10 -ACC -A lot of talent coming in 26:30 Face Off Academy -Inside Lacrosse forums -How to videos on youtube -Hub for face off guys -String of clinics over the summer -Snowball after that -Learning to market 34:14 Advice to High School Players / Coaches on Face Offs -Depends on personnel -In game adjustments -Hungry young assistant -Wing play -Add face offs in practice -Let face off guys be apart of practice 42:20 Recruiting -Easier to evaluate -Two schools of thought for college coaches -Depends on the school -Not simple equation 50:49 PLL -Missing brotherhood -Better face off mechanics -Being on TV

Phi - Lacrosse - Ophy Podcast Ep. 30 - Inside Lacrosse's Terry Foy Jan 24, 2019

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Terry Foy Publisher at Inside Lacrosse 00:31 Intro and Role as Publisher -Who is Terry Foy? -Turning roles -Started at Inside Lacrosse in 2007 at lowest level -The process of working his way up -Content -Running events -Data development -Laxpower -Collecting data 07:25 Why it is a Golden Age of Lacrosse? -Modern game and popularization in late 80's early 90's -NFL Stadium final 4 era -Recruiting rule legislation -Utah adding lacrosse -Recognition of the FIL by Olympics -Formation of the PLL -Combination of it all 13:45 Opinion on Possible Olympics Appearence and Rules -Current rules are bad -3 buckets of lacrosse now, box, field, and women's -Satisfying the needs of everyone -Leeway to allowing marketable sports -Small rosters are of benefit -Venue -TV windows -Player health and safety -Scalability -Rugby 7v7's -Difference in the games -Why box may not work -Hypothetical rules 23:22 Impact Internationally if there is Olympic Lacrosse in 2028 -More funding from governments -Associations will be able to be sturdier -What these funds pay for -68 Nations 26:46 Why PLL is Such a Big Deal? -The amount of Wall Street investment -Drawing attention from others -Creating new fans -WWE -Following of different people -Leveraging social marketing 33:02 New Rules -Criticism addressing -Progression of the shot clock -Shrinking of the sub box -Issue of being closer to one another -Fewer fast breaks -End of shot clock dives -Telling of players 41:42 Riding With the New Rules -More opportunities with more shots -Fatigue -Distribution of midfielders playing time -More middies running -More pressure on defense 48:41 What is the NCAA Transfer Portal? -October 2018 -Website to help the process -Way to express interest -Changes power dynamic 52:34 Professionalization of Coaching -College lacrosse coaches are very powerful stakeholders -People are excited to share -Bringing about change -Pay scales -More money in the game -IMCLA impact -Lacrosse Virtual Summit -Golden era of digital media

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 29 - Darris Kilgour Jan 16, 2019

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Darris Kilgour 00:30 Intro and Journey as a Player -St. Catherines and won 2 Minto Cups -5 Mann Cups with Six Nations -Played and Coach Bandits -Grew up in Tuscarora -Played in Canada -Learning humility early 03:04 Turning The Clock Back -Personnel Darris played with in St. Catherines -Becoming leaders 05:13 Organized Lacrosse vs backyard Lacrosse growing up -Dad broke the game down and taught how to play the game -Playing with guys that were older -Becoming a good shooter in the backyard -Learning the feel of the game -Learning different ways to score -Learning to shoot with tennis balls -Learning to shoot a curveball -Staats brothers curveballs best in the NLL -Cody Jamieson -Pass it down 12:10 Curveball explanation 14:00 Greatest Players Darris Played With and What He Took From Them -Learning focus and toughness -Learning how to score from John Tavares -Pat Coyle intensity -How Jamie and Darris met -Talking lacrosse -Athletics team Darris' son Kyler plays on 20:38 1992 Championship Game and Playing Majors / Pros -Short side top corner shot -Juniors to Majors -Hitting the goalie in the head after missing his spot -Goalie got married the next day 25:17 Memories From the Best -Mann Cup memories -Playing in dust -Players involved in those championships 28:06 Shooting Philosophy -Accuracy -Deception -Velocity -The learning process of deception -Used accuracy as a go to move -Pointing your foot -Shooting without a ball -Using weight transfer to fool goalie -The light bulb from shooting on a goalie a lot 37:30 Finishing Philosophy -Setting up the goalie -Reaching around far side -Using shuffle to fool goalie -Shooting jump shots -Behind the back fake as a hesitation -Victoria look back 49:16 2 Man Game -Creating 2v1's -Slip picks -Seal pick -Fight throughs are cue to cut -Using video to identify things -Swinging the ball and getting the ball from one side to another -Defending a 2 man game 1:02:34 Best Box Lacrosse Player of All Time -Casey Powell -Couldn't pressure him the same -Learned box lacrosse -Learning to suck out other players to open up other players 1:05:00 Jeff Teat and Austin Staats -Reminder of John Travares -Did it the right way -Made scoring look easy -Involving others in the offense -Off ball player -18 Year old playing in the Mann Cup

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 28 - Albany Head Coach Scott Marr Jan 10, 2019

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Scott Marr Head Coach at Albany University 00:30 Intro and Visiting Campus -Starting as a team on the 16th -Camping trip -Team bonding -Start of the season scrimmages and making adjustments -Hikes together -No cell phone service 06:08 Journey as a Player and a Coach -Growing up in Yorktown -From getting cut in baseball to playing lacrosse -Players Coach Marr watched and knew growing up -Youth coach impacts -Playing at Yorktown High School -Went to Johns Hopkins and played for Bill Tierney -The importance of disciplined X's and O's -National Champion freshman year -The brotherhood of lacrosse 14:18 Thoughts on Players and Lessons Learned -Tim Nelson -Del Dressel -Brian Wood -Practicing against Dave Pietramala 18:33 Coaching Journey -Deleware University in the 80's -Developing own style and the opportunity to experiment -Coach Marr's wife and how he met her -The era for University of Maryland at that time -Big Man -Coach Dick Edell -Watching Army Lacrosse -How Coach Edell treated people -1997 Semi Finals Maryland vs Syracuse -Hopkins 1995 game after a loss going through the handshake line 33:41 Offensive Philosophy at Developing Players -Overall philosophy is to move the ball -Everything North/South -Attack driven offense -Dodging angles -Good ball carrying attackmen -Shooting midfielders -Change to personell -Off ball players -Dodging nuances -Draw a slide and spread 4 off ball players out -Everything comes down to execution 47:44 Learning from Players Coach Marr has Coached -Thought process -Lax IQ -Creativity -Patience and focusing on the next play -Accepting what happens and moving forward -Lyle and Myles Thompson's repertoire and how they learned to play that way -Playing in the backyard -Admiring their play and how they worked and prepared for games -Playing pick up games and pass it down model 54:34 Pick Up Games -Pass it down model -Non structure learning -Focus on specific players hurts everyone else -Coaching the Iroquois team -Development models -Backyard development model is producing more good player per capita -Competing in the world with a severe numbers disadvantage 1:00:25 Typical Albany Practice -Scappin (3v2 gb drill) to start -O/D Split -Transition drill -Half field drills -Riding/clearing scrimmage -A lot of up and down -Working on clearing game this fall a lot -Next play mentality -Time spent on man up / man down 1:04:30 Man Up Philosophy -One set to another -Spacing is important -Open sets and 3-3 looks -Hands free and making sure your in the right spots 1:05:19 Advice to Recruiting -Big attitude and effort focus -Positive Teammate -"Control your controlables the right way" -B to B+ players become an A unit

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 27 - Utah Head Coach Brian Holman Dec 31, 2018

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Brian Holman Head Coach at Utah University 00:30 Intro to Coach Holman -People and whether and Utah -Salt Lake City -University of North Carolina -Coaching staff at UNC and their impact -Importance of coaching for coach Holman -Coaching his sons -Story about coaching Marcus (his son) -The change that came from that story 11:39 Playing and Coaching at Johns Hopkins -Transferring schools in high school -Given coach Holman everything to him -A culture of strong brotherhood and blue collar mentality -4 National Championship appearances in 4 years -Freddy Smith -Running on and off the field -Dave Pietramala -Brian Wood 26:48 Process of Starting the Program at Utah -Building a program the way it is envisioned -Being able to compete for a National Championship one day -Being ourselves and growing the game -The rest of the coaching staff 32:31 Building Culture -Start with a vision -Taking notes -Pillars of Utah Lacrosse -Humility, Honesty, Passion, Gratitude and Trust -Touch each player personally each day -Spiritual, Mental, Physical, Tactical components used everyday -Do you love lacrosse? -Implementing it all on and off the field -Accountability 51:58 Pac 12 Lacrosse -Unknown future -More growth in 2-4 years -PLL changing things -Apart of a snowball -Western lacrosse conference -Olympics -Women in the Pac 12 55:05 Recruiting -Mixed messages -Pressure for specialization -Fitting a mold -Passing and catching -Multi sport athletes -Interactions and little things -Failure is okay -Trusting the youth sports machine too much -Playing pick up games

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Ep. 26 - Notre Dame Defensive Coordinator Gerry Byrne Dec 25, 2018

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Gerry Byrne Defensive Coordinator at Notre Dame 00:30 Levittown and Growing Up -Social experiment -Suburbs of New York -Blue Collar mentality -Unique environment -Did not play on a team until spring of Junior year in high school -Grew up playing everything -Brothers inspiration -Class of 86' at UMass -Business career -Played in the MLL in 2001-2002 13:20 Business Background -Run and shoot lacrosse company -Using business background in coaching -Understanding of people who have influence opinions -Started a business 19:37 Defensive Philosophy -Not in as much control as you think you are -Everyone gets run by -"Preparing for the intersection of the offensive players best play and your biggest mistake" -Recognition of skill and ability -Less focus on on ball defense and more off ball -Start with respect for your opponents -Signs of guys who are about to be beat -Importance of being predictable -Signs of being beat on defense 26:46 V Hold vs Cross Check Hold -Creates double and triple move offense -Indicator to off ball defenders -Good ball pressure -Use film and demonstrations that explain why -Limits penalties 33:29 Jamies RV Trip -12 days going around to different practices -The schools Jamie is planning to go to 35:17 Notre Dame Defensive Practice -Use middle of the field -Mix in stick work -No goals or creases with small groups -Scaling drills -Reps are what matter so players can really understand things -Creates a culture within the culture -"Pieces of the piece of the whole" -Lack of 1v1 practice -Finding 1v1's in other drills 44:37 Slowing Things Down and Communication and Off Ball Play -"If you can't be loud you can't play" -Oldest players in group sets the tone in drills -Players understanding the true cost of not doing things -Using peoples first names -Using the right words or phrases -Things change every time the ball moves -Have to be able to do more than one thing -Orientation 1:01:23 How to Evaluate in Recruiting? -Good off ball defense is a standout -Not too fixated on what they can not do yet -Athleticism -Consistency is good but not everything is perfect -Test coach-ability -Look for players who pull themselves out of slides -Evaluating IQ 1:07:10 Timeline on Recruiting -There is a lot to learn about people -Timeline has not changed much with new rules -Every school wants what they want 1:08:53 Offensive Defensemen and Highlight Videos -New rules support it -Need to see film and energy from people with on ball defense -Highlight films are only take away checks and goals -Strange highlight films 1:13:33 New Rules -Happy for them -Shot clock could take some tweaks -Makes it easier for the refs -Shots being taken that where not before -More trying to score -Dive is too complex

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 25 - Northwestern Women's Head Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller Dec 19, 2018

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Kelly Amonte Hiller - Head Coach Northwestern Women's Team 00:30 New Facilities at Northwestern -Some of the nicest facilities in D1 sports -Field on Lake Michigan -All in one facilities -Indoor games -$300 mil. 04:11 Coach Amonte Hiller's Journey -Playing little league bass ball and hockey with her brothers -Tried everything -No exposure to lacrosse until 9th grade -Athletic family 07:30 Playing at the University of Maryland -Cindy Timchal -Garry Gait -Being taken seriously -Sports psychology -Impactful recruiting process -Seeing the game being broken down so finely -Developing fundamentals and teaching those fundamentals -Passion for the game -Maryland coaches tree 12:58 Coach Amonte Hiller's Journey and Coaching Tree -Only coached on the field as an assistant prior to Northwestern -Wanted to stay home after college -Mentors -Learning the administration side of coaching -Take insight from everyone -Scott Hiller 19:20 Beginning at Northwestern -Different rules back then -Great culture and leadership -Boundary rules impact 22:44 The Metamorphosis of Women's Lacrosse -Rule changes -Stick technologies -Reluctancy at first -Marketable sport -Great athletes, coaches, and administration in the last 20 years -Back to the skill focus and innovation focus -A lot of parody in the sport right now due to coaches being innovative -Wide range of coaching experience 28:51 Box Lacrosse and Selena Lasota -Seeing her in BC for the first time -Dynamic person -Made a decision quickly -Player to watch -Different style of play in the game -22 goals in 2 games in the NCAA tournament -Had to learn the field game -Broadening horizons in different ways -2 man game 37:36 Blending the Best of Everything to Evolve an Offense and Skill -Able to execute in tighter space -Better shooting -Wanted to be able to try new things -Confidence boost in the players -Teaches IQ -Learning to count on one another 43:03 Taking Advantage of Physical Attributes and Working Towards That -Path of Holly Korn -Became a manager -Took notes and worked on fitness on her own -Stepped up as a goalie for the team -Gave her a shot as a lefty attackman -Finishing sets people apart 47:04 What Coach Amonte Hiller Looks for in a Recruit -A player that can develop that comes from hard work -Accept feedback -Resiliency -Team player -Doesn't categorize what they look for -Its about development -Look for potential -Good fit for culture -Is it a fit for what they are looking for 52:57 How to Recruit Character and IQ -Hard to see -Interacting with players on campus -Like to see how kids learn -Evaluating IQ at camps -Seeing how player react -Being coachable 58:37 Advice on Development -Benefits to playing club -A lot of travel and money and sacrifice -Pick your spots if you can -Focus on development -Athletic development -New ways to learn things -Trust your gut and make the choice that is best for you

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